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2509.25 Watershed Conservation Practices Handbook and Best Management Practices will <br />dictate MCCs road design criteria for cross-drains and other sediment and erosion control <br />features. <br />The pad footprints will be kept small (approximately 0.5 acres) the estimated disturbance <br />associated with each pad will range from 0.50 acres to 2.0 acres. Total disturbance for this B Seam <br />Panel project including the 0.17 miles of required low-volume roads and the four pads will be <br />approximately 2.2 acres. The road alignment and pad locations are depicted on the attached map, <br />B-Seam Panel 26 Mine Plan, Roads Pads, and Roadless Boundaries. <br />PRE-DRILLING ACTIVITIES <br />Prior to any construction or drilling activities, an on-site inspection of proposed drill sites and <br />access routes will be conducted with representatives from USFS to discuss site-specific concerns. <br />USFS will be notified at least 48 hours before any construction or drilling equipment is mobilized <br />into the project areas. Construction and drilling activities will be supervised by a project <br />representative of Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. Any significant proposed changes in the <br />project after permit approval would be reviewed with the appropriate regulatory agencies before <br />changes take effect. <br />Staging areas to be used by the drilling contractor will consist of existing un-reclaimed pad sites <br />and newly-disturbed MVB pads to minimize damage to the vegetation. <br />Access routes will be maintained to accommodate full sized 4X4 pickup trucks, ATVs, and <br />required drilling equipment, including but not limited to the following: truck mounted or skid <br />mounted drill rig, air compressors and\or booster, rig-up truck, portable water tanks, boom truck, <br />utility trailer, drill pipe lay-down rack, crew trucks, geophysical logging truck and mobile water <br />carriers. <br />Roads utilized in the project will be maintained with water bars and appropriate sedimentation <br />controls as required during the drilling phase. A D8 bulldozer or its equivalent will be used to <br />prepare the road for travel and assist in mobilizing the drill equipment to the drill sites. Additional <br />equipment expected to be used in opening, maintaining, and reclamation may include a rubber- <br />tired backhoe, rubber tired grader, rubber tired loader, roller compactor and a track-mounted <br />excavator. <br />Brush removal may occur at the proposed drill sites however, if trees are encountered, MCC will <br />remove the trees in accordance with USFS guidelines for timber removal. Drill site pads of <br />approximately from 0.50 acres to nearly 2.0 acres will be constructed to accommodate the drill <br />equipment and drill cuttings sump or mud pits. Drill pads will be constructed only as large as <br />necessary. <br />Topsoil will be stripped, stockpiled, and identified with a sign. Stored topsoil will be placed in a <br />separate pile located outside of drainages, with a sign identifying the pile as “Topsoil” will be <br />placed so as to prevent unintended contamination, compaction, or use for other than reclamation <br />purposes. Alternative sediment controls (slash, silt fence or straw wattles) will be used; and the <br />pile will be seeded within 7 days of its construction using a seed mix that will stabilize erosion. <br />This topsoil will be used in the reclamation phase of the program.